Nespresso Club

[patrickBOOTH]

A bunch of coworkers pitched in and got a NeaCafe machine. It uses these big pods, what's the scoop on those? The machine looks like a Martian.

 

[gdl203]

Are you talking about the Nescafe Dolce Gusto system? It's a cheaper-made version of Nespresso (same company obviously). Nowhere near as good as Nespresso but targets a lower tier of the market.

 

[Xericx]

for us Beverly Hillbillies..... http://toddrickallen.com/2012/12/20/nespresso-boutique-coming-soon-to-beverly-hills/

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Yeah the dulce gusto. They all drink regular coffee from it.

 

[mikeman]

Fo' free!

 

[Rambo]



Fo' free!

huh?

 

[b1os]

Store credit. Like this. Fo' "free":

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Add me to the list of Nespresso fans. My friend made me a cappuccino and an espresso. Wow!

 

[A Y]

There is a $100 credit special right through some time in January. Basically, buy a machine and you get $100 to spend on pods.

I was in Sur la Table yesterday, and decided to give it another try. They only had the green pods ("Capriccio") so that's what I tasted. It's not bad, and better than many commercial espressos, but nowhere near the best. It was light in body, low-fruit, low-acidity, low-chocolate flavor, a little nutty, with a very short aftertaste, but it was balanced. It was inoffensive and not very memorable.

edit: some additional comments. The Nespresso lady repeated the "15 bar" extraction pressure claim again, which I find very bizarre because normal espresso extraction is 9 bar, and there's not much you gain from increasing the pressure. The extraction time was about 10 seconds, which is very fast. It was about 5 seconds from when I heard the pump go on to about 5-6 more seconds when the last drip of coffee came out. A normal espresso extraction (at least for the double-dosed 3rd wave stuff) is about 24 seconds total. It was on the normal setting, neither lungo nor ristretto.

 

[dufferin1]

There is a $100 credit special right through some time in January. Basically, buy a machine and you get $100 to spend on pods.
I was in Sur la Table yesterday, and decided to give it another try. They only had the green pods ("Capriccio") so that's what I tasted. It's not bad, and better than many commercial espressos, but nowhere near the best. It was light in body, low-fruit, low-acidity, low-chocolate flavor, a little nutty, with a very short aftertaste, but it was balanced. It was inoffensive and not very memorable.
edit: some additional comments. The Nespresso lady repeated the "15 bar" extraction pressure claim again, which I find very bizarre because normal espresso extraction is 9 bar, and there's not much you gain from increasing the pressure. The extraction time was about 10 seconds, which is very fast. It was about 5 seconds from when I heard the pump go on to about 5-6 more seconds when the last drip of coffee came out. A normal espresso extraction (at least for the double-dosed 3rd wave stuff) is about 24 seconds total. It was on the normal setting, neither lungo nor ristretto.

My Lattissima is 19 bars.

 

[sinnedk]



There is a $100 credit special right through some time in January. Basically, buy a machine and you get $100 to spend on pods.
I was in Sur la Table yesterday, and decided to give it another try. They only had the green pods ("Capriccio") so that's what I tasted. It's not bad, and better than many commercial espressos, but nowhere near the best. It was light in body, low-fruit, low-acidity, low-chocolate flavor, a little nutty, with a very short aftertaste, but it was balanced. It was inoffensive and not very memorable.
edit: some additional comments. The Nespresso lady repeated the "15 bar" extraction pressure claim again, which I find very bizarre because normal espresso extraction is 9 bar, and there's not much you gain from increasing the pressure. The extraction time was about 10 seconds, which is very fast. It was about 5 seconds from when I heard the pump go on to about 5-6 more seconds when the last drip of coffee came out. A normal espresso extraction (at least for the double-dosed 3rd wave stuff) is about 24 seconds total. It was on the normal setting, neither lungo nor ristretto.

i bought my machine in early november, anyway to get the $100 promotion?

 

[Rambo]



i bought my machine in early november, anyway to get the $100 promotion?

Take it back and get them to return and rebuy it so your new receipt has the proper date.

 

[sinnedk]



Take it back and get them to return and rebuy it so your new receipt has the proper date.

i bought via amazon, idk if the store can take the machine back

 

[herrmj]

Grabbed the U + aeroccino at macy's today ($250). Applied for the $100 credit online, see when that comes through. So far I like the higher intensity pods, and the ristretto setting seems to be the best.
Ran some 2% through the aerocinno and added some baileys on top of ice... tasty.

 

[Xericx]

Anyone get that aerocino 3 with purchase of 350 pods? Might try to see if I can get that welcome pack promo for new nespresso club members (100 pods) and get 250 more...not sure if that would count though....already have a frother on my machine but might get one to leave at parents house